Anthon, Charles. A Greek Reader, selected principally from the work of Frederic Jacobs, Professor in the Gymnasium at Gotha, Editor of the Greek Anthology, &c., &c. With English Notes, Critical and Explanatory, A Metrical Index to Homer and Anacreon, and a copious Lexicon. New-York: Harper & Brothers, 1844. [10804]
Full leather with red leather spine title label in gilt, binding rubbed yet with no cracks or damage, 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches, tight. Marbled page edges, gilt design to board edges, 614 pages, some foxing, first few leaves with small stains in the margins. Very good. Hardcover.
Includes brief biographies of each of the ancient Greek authors quoted in this work.
Charles Anthon, LL.D. (1797-1867), of New York city, graduated at Columbia and professor of Greek and Latin at his alma mater. He published nearly 50 books in the field of antiquities and language study.
